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Peter Maxwell Davies

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Also known as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

Person · Open Library

Born
1934
Works
110

Top works

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  • Lullay, my child, and weep no more
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  • Blake Dreaming 'Goodison Quartet No. 5'
  • Trumpet concerto, Symphony no. 4 (11812)

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Sound · Salford, Manchester, England, UK

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a British composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.

Known for

  • In Confidence2010
  • Boulez at 80 — Self - interviewed guest2005
  • The Culture Show — Self2004
  • Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils — Self2002
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years — self1997

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Listeners
25,858
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111,049

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contemporary classicalAvant-GardebritishClassical20th Century

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (born 8 September 1934; died 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music. His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name. To his friends, Davies is known as "Max". Davies was born in Salford, England. He took piano lessons and composed from an early age. After education at Leigh Grammar School, he studied at the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music (amalgamated i

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